The Intersection of Faith and Culture
Beauty is conditional. It is conditional upon the color of your hair, your weight, the symmetry of your facial features, the size of your lips and hips, the length of your eyelashes and skirt, your height, your bra size, your jean size, and the flawlessness of your skin. Beauty is […]
My phone crashed to the ground yesterday. After trying everything I knew to restore life to the black, cold iPhone, I surrendered. I almost cried. Embarrassing, right? I went the next 24 hours without my phone. Just 24 hours. But I learned a lot in that one day. I learned […]
These days, people are talking about “hymns” in the same way they talk about things that are “vintage”. They think of hymns as being more authentic and countercultural — mostly because they’ve been around longer than ten years. But do they really understand what hymns are or where they came from? […]
It’s new, it’s hip, and it’s even got its own acronym. BYOD, or “bring your own device,” is transforming the business world. With BYOD, you can combine work and home technologies; any personal smartphone, computer, or iPad, can now moonlight as a work device, allowing you to stay plugged in […]
In an article for CNN, blogger/author Rachel Held Evans talked about giving a presentation to some church leaders on why Millennials aren’t showing up for church. She points to a few factors that research shows to be responsible: “young evangelicals often feel they have to choose between their intellectual integrity […]
As usually happens after some sort of sexual abuse is revealed in our Christian communities, many take to social media and the internet in an attempt to separate the facts from fictions and to express their opinions and emotions in response. While this can be very helpful for those of […]